Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville
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Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville KT
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...

 PC (1674 – 21 May 1722), known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer.

Political career

Tankerville succeeded his father in the barony in 1695 and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

. In 1714 he was created Earl of Tankerville, a revival of the title which had become extinct on the death of his father-in-law thirteen years earlier (see below). He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1716 and made a Knight of the Thistle
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...

 in 1721.

Family

Lord Tankerville married Lady Mary, daughter of Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville , 1st Viscount Glendale, and 3rd Baron Grey of Warke, was a British nobleman and statesman. He was the son of Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke and Catherine Ford, daughter of Sir Edward Ford of Harting in West Sussex. He was baptized the day of his birth at...

, in 1695. He died in May 1722 and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Charles
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville KT , styled Lord Ossulston between 1714 and 1722, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...

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